Songs for a "sad" play list

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  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Mad World- Gary Jules
    Nothing Compares to you- Sinead o conner
    Stranger in Moscow - Michael Jackson
    Let it Die- fiest
    Play Dead- Bjork
    Sullen Girl- Fiona Apple
    Traveling Woman- Bats for Lashes
    Details in the Fabric - Jason Mraz

    Oh I could go on for days...that's like, all I listen to.

    what the hell is wrong with me. lol


    This list! LOVE IT!

    Also someone suggested Happy Birthday, which I thought was strange but Happy Birthday by Concrete Blonde would be a great addition. Lyrics below.


    Outside in the hall there's a cat fight
    It's well after midnight
    I guess I'll be alright
    I'm laid out on the floor
    Drunk and poor
    How much longer how much more

    Rock me to sleep
    Strong & deep.
    The screaming cats they give me the creep
    But aside from all that I feel no pain
    Staring up at the ceiling stains
    Neon in the window
    Sirens far away
    News on the radio happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday

    They're at it again next door
    This whole floor I swear
    They're out to drive me crazy
    Not right now I'm high as a cloud I'm soft and gray and lazy
    Neon in the window
    Sirens far away
    News on the radio happy birthday happy birthday happy birthday

    Fly me
    Out the window.
    Somewhere far away
    Singing on the radio
  • cheesevixen_staci
    cheesevixen_staci Posts: 153 Member
    REM - everybody hurts
    radiohead - creep
    soundgarden - black hole sun
    don't cry - guns n roses
    simon and garfunkle - the sound of silence
    the beatles - all the lonely people
    lynyrd skynyrd - freebird
    velvet revolver - fall to pieces
    metallica - the unforgiven
    skeeter davis - the end of the world


    my personal favoritet this week is misty blue by dorothy moore
  • ruby_red_rose
    ruby_red_rose Posts: 321 Member
    How can you mend a broken heart - Bee Gees.
    I'll be over you - Toto
  • andythecurefan
    andythecurefan Posts: 43 Member
    Biko by Bloc Party

    Fade Into You by Mazzy Star

    Kyoto Song by The Cure

    Excellent music taste! Though I would recommend "Sinking" by The Cure off the same album.
  • vanillacoffee
    vanillacoffee Posts: 1,024 Member
    I love Somewhere Only We Know and Say Something.

    My song to add: Enya- Only Time
    (Didn't they play it a lot around 9/11? It always reminds me of that)
  • tycho_mx
    tycho_mx Posts: 426 Member
    My go to is Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"


    I'll go with NIN's version.

    Also, NIck Cave's "The Weeping Song"
    Soundgarden's "Zero Chance
  • iLIFTcupcakesNiron
    iLIFTcupcakesNiron Posts: 12
    Ben Folds Five "Brick"
    Creed "One last breath"
    The Script "Break even"
    Coldplay "Fix you"
  • softncudly
    softncudly Posts: 722 Member
    How Am I Supposed to Live Without You by Laura Branigan (1983)
    All By Myself by Eric Carmen (1975)
    How Do You Keep the Music Playing by James Ingram and Patti Austin (1985)
    One More Try by George Michael (1988)
    Nothing Compares to You (written and composed by Prince 1985) - I like Sinead O'Connor's version ....
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
    I am a classic rocker, but I have eclectic taste in music:

    Melissa - Allman Brothers
    She Talk to Angels - Black Crows
    The One - Elton John
    The Long and Winding Road - Paul McCartney
    Wishing You Were Here - Chicago
    It's Too Late Baby - Carole King
    That's The Way I Always Heard It Would Be - Carly Simon
    November Rain - Guns & Roses
    I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
    No More "I Love Yous" - Annie Lennox
    All Apologies - Nirvana
    Better Man - Pearl Jam
    To Make You Feel My Love - Garth
  • jouttie
    jouttie Posts: 109 Member
    Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits. Listen and weep
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Across the Ocean - Azure Ray
    Sad Thing - Adult Child
  • emily1023hi
    emily1023hi Posts: 4
    Where Is My Mind - Maxence Cyrin (The piano cover of the song by the Pixies)
    Breathe Me - Sia
    Lua - Bright Eyes
  • andythecurefan
    andythecurefan Posts: 43 Member
    This is my "sad" playlist for when I want to feel down or gloomy or I already do and I want to maintain it for a while. Granted these are all songs that mean something to me and I grew up listening. Results may vary.

    You Should Have Waited - Old Demo/New Demo by Taking Back Sunday
    Understanding In A Car Crash by Thursday
    Reinventing Your Exit by Underoath
    Car Underwater by Armor For Sleep
    Promises, Promises by Incubus
    You Won't Know by Brand New
    I Don't Love You by My Chemical Romance
    Perfect by Depeche Mode
    Until The Day I Die by Story of the Year
    I'm Not Over by Carolina Liar
    I Need You by Tommy Lee
    All That I've Got by The Used
    I'm Lost Without You by blink-182
    What We Will Never Know by Innerpartysystem
    Come Back by Depeche Mode
    Swing, Swing by The All-American Rejects
    There Is by Box Car Racer
    True Love Waits - Live In Oslo by Radiohead
    Where Does The Good Go by Tegan and Sara
    The Only Hope For Me Is You by My Chemical Romance
  • saltycloud
    saltycloud Posts: 30 Member
    Muse - Unintended
    Radiohead - Creep
    Keaton Henson - Small Hands

    And looots of piano music.
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    Trent Dabbs' Album "The Way We Look at Horses" may have some songs that will work for you - "Time Decides" gets me

    Letting the Cables Sleep - Bush
    Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John Mayer
    Think That You Might Be Wrong - Great Lake Swimmers (the first couple notes just pluck at my heart)
  • RM95NM88
    RM95NM88 Posts: 9
    Without a word - Birdy
    Holocene - Bon Iver
    Remember - Mac Miller
    Give me love - Ed Sheeran

    I have a lot more but I think you've got more than enough from all the suggestions from everyone.
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    A huge 70's hit - Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
  • emilyisbonkers
    emilyisbonkers Posts: 373 Member
    Chances - Athlete
    Don't panic - coldplay
  • REALBIGBATBASTARD
    REALBIGBATBASTARD Posts: 103 Member
    anything from Journey
  • SLLeask
    SLLeask Posts: 489 Member
    Who wants to live forever - Queen
    Patience - Guns N Roses
    Broken Wings - Mr Mister
    Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
    All I want is everything - Def Leppard
    I can't make you love me - George Michael
  • Howdoyoufeeltoday
    Howdoyoufeeltoday Posts: 481 Member
    Sam Smith "Leave Your Lover"
    Christina Perri "Run"
    The Civil Wars "Dust to Dust" "Poison and Wine" "Same Old Same Old" ....basically anything by the Civil wars
    Coldplay "Fix You"
    Ed Sheeran " Even my dad does sometimes"
    Emily West "Blue Sky"
    Gabrielle Aplin "salvation"
    A Great Big World "Say Something"
    Ingrid Michaelson " Keep Breathing" "A Bird's Song" "I'm Through" "porcelain fists" "over you" -just listen to all of the Ingrid!!
    James Arthur "tell them it was suicide"
    kodaline "all I want"
    Mindy Smith "one Moment More"
    Sara Bareilles "gravity"


    I have so many more lol but those are the ones that pack the most punch.
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
    Casey's Last Ride-John Denver
    Lyneville Train-Robert Earl Keene
  • Candi_land
    Candi_land Posts: 1,311 Member
    Maria Mena-Sorry

    Birdy-Skinny Love

    Pink-I don't believe you

    James Blunt-Goodbye my lover

    Brian Mcknight-One last cry

    Blue October-Hate Me

    Blue October-Into the Ocean

    Stone Sour-Bother

    Ashe-I don't believe in love

    Tori Amos-1000 Oceans

    Evanescence-Missing

    Evanescence-Hello

    Portishead-Roads

    Portishead-Over

    Linkin Park-My December

    Tracy Chapman-Fast Car

    Right where it belongs-Nine inch nails

    Sade-king of Sorrow

    Round Here-Counting Crows

    Staind-Fade

    Sigur Ros-untitled 1

    Radiohead-How to disappear completely

    Billie Holiday-Strange Fruit

    Plumb-Damaged

    Just to name a few.. :tongue:
  • laynerich15
    laynerich15 Posts: 1,918 Member
    Any thing from dashboard confessional
  • sprucey85
    sprucey85 Posts: 64 Member
    True colours - Cyndi Lauper
    Time after time - Cyndi Lauper
    Someone like you - Adele
    Kissing you - Des'ree
    Unbreak my heart - Toni Braxton
    Candle in the wind 1997 - Elton John
    Nothing compares 2 u - Sinead O'Connor
    The Blower's daughter - Damien Rice
    9 Crimes - Damien Rice
    Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    The Smiths' entire song repertoire.
  • Atrocity108
    Atrocity108 Posts: 328 Member
    Hurt - Johnny Cash
  • amyk0202
    amyk0202 Posts: 666 Member
    And So It Goes - Billy Joel
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    The Lonely - Christina Perri
    How To Fight the Loneliness - Wilco
    Connoisseur of Great Excuse - Damien Rice
  • Eaglesfanintn
    Eaglesfanintn Posts: 813 Member
    jessie-Joshua Kadison
    Crucify-Tori Amos
    Putting The Damage on-Tori amos

    Most tori amos

    I was thinking "Mama's Arms" by Joshua Kadison
    Also, "The Change" by Garth Brooks

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